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By Layne Christensen
Fashion Editor —

~ SEASONAL shoppers
will need a map to navi-
gate Park Royal, s
much has changed since
last. Christmas, |

Forty-five new stares” have
‘opened: since then, 37 in the
lastsiy months:

Standing at the entrance to
cthe, newly srenovated: Baton’s,
mall director Rick Amantea

vs the shopping centre is now

 ocetipied,

Vor: the Ffirsts time: in. siv
years, demand for store space
has exceeded siipply and man-

Sageinent is: actaully, turning
AWAY Prospeclive store owners,

says) Anuntea surveying the
south mall's new facelift,

Several news stotes have
opened; Caro Cuore, a lingerie
store targeting the (den market,
We fo Bdition, lifestyle

av womens the Sock
Sst higgage boue
ue owned by the Aldo group

NEXE TWO Weeks

‘st door, Suinitier House will

Zapen soon, :
“Aeréss from the. Eaton’
enuranee is Le ae On the
other cori neowhe felo-

ed. its reopening: and

edesign with a fete, Now 19

: eat Among) those ‘in attendance,
»_NEWS photo Mike Wakefield © were Birks’. chairman, the
Birks Park Royal |. tralian Count: Borenzo Rossi'di

‘store pampers babies with luxury items like the ster- | “Montclera- and Alice, Moun,

ling silver rattle store manager Bonnie Allan holds.'

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ewho managed the store in the:

At the opens, Birks CEO!
Thomas Andruskevich spoke af

how Birks Hid returned to the

sway we do things best,” rete

cusing on high-end. merchan:

dise with a renewed ‘emphasis
se and “spoiling the
“OOS style.”

Birk! new baby boutigae
votner § perteet
iv suited tor al
baby raised with
a silver spoon in
his mouth, ted
uring luxury
gilt items fike-a
toy picnic basket
with porcelain
tea set, baby
jewelry: and, of?
cours silver
tecding spoons.

Rack in the mall, Amantea is
siriding eastward.

Conon Ginny has moved
from the. north. mall to open
with Cotton Ginny: Plus asa
new combo stare. Athlete's
World has moved inte the old
Birks “location. Walk with
Ronsons: opened in ‘August.
Bombay Co. will double in size

HEAL Spreng,

‘Transit shoes, another Aldo
Btonp of stares, opened. in
August. Mastermark © Pewter
has moved into the space for
metly occupied by Benetton.

“We've really tried ta
strengthen our fashion any,”
sive Amantea. as he takes
another call anchis cell phone.

Ato the base af

the eseahutor,
Fidoo has® taken
over the kiosk
formerly aveu
pied by. Great
Pretenders,
which hay moved
nem “te
Reanantiqne but
will) leave’ the

mall atthe end of

January,
| Up the eseatator aid back
towards | Eaton's, manted

La ‘il leave at the
end of Janaars will move
inte that space when ‘The Bay’
planned expansion forces the
store from its. current logation
inthe north malte The Shoe

Will relocate to the north

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4 Pete une
eous hand ‘knitg

hima

mall in December and Mondi
will move into the old -Redier
space, expanding in size by a
third.

Eatoi’s will complete
expansion of its hame fashion
departinent in January by nos:
ing inta the space thar Bolluny's
Was to aecupy before the can
pany folded. ;

Over an the north mall,
Part HE will be arriving inthe
spring, A-Wear will nove in
nest ALL when Gizella closes
ater 20-plus years in the mall:
Raymond Salons has opened its
first “dave spa” accross fron
Invledew's. Stitch Tty.an alt
ations. servies, “opened this
month. Ea. Cache opened ine
July, Planet Superstar apened
iv fune.: Coliscunt: menswe
will renovate in Jani

Amantea is ple
team’s hansfivnk but won'e sit
hack for tong.

Already’ he has a new -pro-
ject: to: renovate the: south
mall’s food enurt. .

~*More natural lighting, © a
better retail mix, ‘get..some:
more. youthtul-scuff happening
down here,” he'say .